Asamoah Gyan quits Ghana national team weeks before Africa Cup of Nations due to captaincy

Asamoah Gyan has retired from international football just a month before the Africa Cup of Nations.

Ghana’s all-time leading goalscorer released a statement on Monday about his decision to quit saying it was over the captaincy.

Asamoah Gyan has played in seven Africa Cup of Nations tournaments

He is likely to be replaced as Black Stars captain by Andre Ayew for the tournament in Egypt.

“If the decision of the coach is to give captaincy of the tournament to another player while I am named in the team (squad) of the tournament, I wish to recuse myself from the tournament,” Gyan said in a statement.

“I also wish to retire from the national team permanently.”

The 33-year-old has scored 51 times for Ghana in 106 matches and has played in three World Cups.

He is also the top African goalscorer in the history of the tournament with six.

Gyan has also featured in seven Africa Cup of Nations helping Ghana to a third-place finish in 2008 and runner-up in 2010 and 2015.

The striker has not featured for his country since September 2017 due to persistent injury problems.

He has also struggled for game time with Turkish club, Kayserispor, this season with just seven Super Lig appearances and one goal.

Gyan spent two years at Sunderland between 2010 and 2012, scoring 10 goals in 34 Premier League games before leaving for Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates.

“Look, I’m going to be honest here, it was the money,” he told FourFourTwo in 2019. “It was too good to turn down but a hidden detail is that Sunderland accepted a £7m loan offer for me from Al Ain before even informing me,” he explained.

Gyan joined Sunderland from Rennes in 2010 and was a hit with fans, especially after scoring a last minute equaliser against Newcastle in 2011

“Then they decided to convince me that the money was very good for a short loan and that the club needed the money. I was enjoying my football but Al Ain offered me wages that instantly made me the best-paid footballer in Africa. I couldn’t resist.

“Pray you never be put in such a situation. It changed everything and I just had to take it and leave it. I don’t regret it though because it made me who I am now. I enjoyed playing at Al Ain, I stayed for four seasons, and it changed my life financially forever.”

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